The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Description

This book covers the history of the theory and practice of translation from Cicero to the digital age. It examines all major processes of translation, offers critical accounts of current research, and compares competing theoretical perspectives. It considers all kinds of translation from sacred texts, poetry, fiction, and sign language to remote, consecutive, and simultaneous interpretation in legal, diplomatic, and commercial contexts. The two opening parts of the book consider the history of translation theory and central concepts in the study of translation. Parts III, IV, and V cover the written text, the interpretation of speech and sign language, and the role of translation in mixed-mode and multimedia contexts. Part VI considers the contributions and
challenges of information technology including the uses and limitations of machine technology. The final part looks at the teaching and training of translators and interpreters. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography and index.

Designed as a state-of-the-art reference and practical guide the book will serve the needs of all those involved in translation, whether as professional translators and interpreters, researchers in translation studies and allied disciplines, or as undergraduate or postgraduate students. This is, in sum, an essential work in a vibrant, fast-moving, and fascinating field.

The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Author Information

Kirsten Malmkjær is Chair of Translation Studies in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. She is General Editor of the journal, Target: International Journal of Translation Studies (John Benjamins), and the author of Linguistics and the Language of Translation (EUP 2005). She is co-editor with Gillian Brown, Alastair Pollitt and John N. Williams of Language Understanding (OUP 1994), and with John Williams of Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding (OUP 1998). She is editor of The Linguistics Encyclopaedia (third edition, Routledge, 2010).

Contributors:

Robert Barnes, Australian National UniversityCharlotte BarslundSusan Bassnett, Warwick UniversityJean Boase-Beier, University of East AngliaCharlotte Bosseaux, University of EdinburghChristophe Declercq, Freelance TranslatorSandra Hale, University of Western SydneyRoger Hillman, Australian National UniversityJohn Hutchins, University of East AngliaRita Jääskelainen, University of Eastern FinlandFrancis Jones, Newcastle UniversityDorothy Kenny, Dublin City UniversityGillian Lathey, Roehampton UniversityKirsten Malmkjær, Middlesex UniversityJemina Napier, Macquarie UniversityFranz Pöchhacker, University of ViennaAnthony Pym, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliBarbara
Schwarz, Harold Somers, Dublin City UniversityLudmila Stern, University of New South WalesMustapha Taibi, University of Western SydneyJudy Wakabayashi, Kent State UniversityKevin Windle, Australian National UniversityLeon Wolff, Bond UniversitySue Ellen Wright, Kent State University